NEW DELHI: While opposing the bail application of former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in the TRP manipulation case, the state informed the Bombay high court that Dasgupta had rigged TV ratings since 2017 in connivance with the anchor of a news channel and had also silenced an employee who had raised objections to the sudden spike in the
Ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta. File
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Partho Dasgupta was arrested from Pune on December 24, 2020, and is currently lodged in the Taloja Central Jail.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a bail plea filed by Partho Dasgupta, former chief executive officer of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who is an accused in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case.
A single bench of justice PD Naik was hearing Mr. Dasgupta’s plea filed under section 439 (special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It sought bail on merits as the charge sheet in the case has been filed.
TRP Scam: Times Group Sends Legal Notice to BARC, Seeks Rs 450 Cr in Damages
The notice, which follows alleged chats between Partho Dasgupta and Arnab Goswami, said BARC should also publish a statement stating that Times Now was the leader in the English news genre between 2017-2019.
Logos of BARC and Republic TV and a TV control room. Photo: Reuters Illustration: The Wire
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Mumbai: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency “deliberately reduced” its English news channel’s viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 and demanded compensation of Rs 450 crore.
Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd is a subscriber of viewership data from Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). Broadcast Audience Research Council
New Delhi: Times Group has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency deliberately reduced its English news channel s (Times Now) viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 MZM Legal LLP on behalf of Bennett, Coleman and Co (BCCL) on February 11. The media giant has demanded a compensation of Rs 450 crores.
The notice was sent on February 11 following a probe by Mumbai Police into the fake TRP case. The former chief executive of BARC Parto Dasgupta and Republic s promoter and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, have been arrested in connection with the case.
linkedin Bennett Coleman & Company has issued a legal notice to BARC on account of the shocking illegal and fraudulent viewership management and tampering of television audience measurement and television rating points . According to the statement issued by
Times Now, the legal notice follows the press conference held on 25 December by the Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police during which he spoke about the forensic audit report of July 2020 which revealed that the TRPs of various channels were manipulated, rigged, tampered and at times pre-decided by the erstwhile upper echelon of BARC. According to the Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police,
Times Now had been reduced to the second position in a fraudulent/illegal manner with a view to make another newly launched English news channel (Republic TV) as the number one channel. The statement added that the press conference made it clear that activities resulting in viewership malpractices and TRP manipu